Reformed Pastor

Excerpt from The Reformed Pastor: A Discourse on the Pastoral Office; To Which Is Added, an Appendix, Containing Hints of Advice to Students for the Ministry, and to Tutors of Academies

He himfelf, as he tells us, towards the clofe, apprehended this to be one of the greateft and bell: works, that'he ever put his hand to, and he'had the'pleafure to find it eminently ufeful. In the account given of his publications, in his Life, he fays, I have great canfo to be thankful to God, for the fuccefs of that book, as hoping many thoufand fouls are the better for it, in that it prevailed Upon many minifiers to fet upon that work, which, I there exhorted them to. Even from beyond the feas, Ihave had letters of requeil, to dire l: them how they might con dua: that work, according as that book had con vinced them, it was their duty. Dr. Bates, in his funeral lermon for Mr. Baxter, after a high encomium on his other works. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.